Earth:Tuber Hill

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Tuber Hill
Highest point
Elevation2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] 50°54′N 123°24′W / 50.9°N 123.4°W / 50.9; -123.4
Geography
LocationUpper Bridge River, British Columbia, Canada
Parent rangePacific Ranges
Topo mapNTS Script error: No such module "Canada NTS".
Geology
Age of rockPleistocene
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Volcanic arc/beltCanadian Cascade Arc
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Last eruptionPleistocene

Tuber Hill is a small 600,000-year-old basaltic stratovolcano that was constructed on the Bridge River highlands when nearby valleys were packed with ice. Tuber Hill is part of the Garibaldi segment of the Canadian Cascade Arc, but is not in the geographic Cascade Range.

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